Porter Conversion for AMT Watson

[landoflogic]

Hello,

I have a few cars from the 1960s that I want to build, some being more possible than others, but one car that is on the top of my list is either Ebb Rose's 1961 or 1962 Porter. Curt Raitz over at Model Cars Mag actually made a model of Rose's 1962 car back in 2009 and posted it:

www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/topic/22081-jh-rose-trucking-special/

Obviously when I came across this I wanted to know where I could buy the pieces Curt mentions. He says they were vacuum formed conversion pieces for the AMT Watson kit, and he wasn't sure where they actually came from. I know that Gary Doucette made a resin kit of the Porter cars, including decals for both, but that kit has never come up on eBay. So I'm wondering if anybody knows where these vacuum formed conversion pieces came from, and where I could find them. Also, what other AMT Watson conversion pieces are floating around out there with small production numbers, other than the ones from Classic Racing Resins?

Elijah

[MikeB]

I would guess the conversion parts were from UnionVac they are long out of business. Bill Jorgensen did the 1956 Watson body that would probably be easier to find

[landoflogic]

Mar 20, 2022 20:32:01 GMT -5 MikeB said:

I would guess the conversion parts were from UnionVac they are long out of business. Bill Jorgensen did the 1956 Watson body that would probably be easier to find

Hi Mike,

Thanks for that information. I looked up UnionVac and found your post listing all the pieces kits they made, and boy does it make me wish I had gotten into this hobby while they were around. Not only did they make the Porters, they also made a kit for Jack Turner's '61 Kurtis, another car I'd like to make, perhaps making the conversion pieces myself. Do you know anybody who still has UnionVac kits they'd be willing to sell? 

Elijah

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